Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: There Is No Safe Exile
byText of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s keynote address delivered at April 1, 2026, “Defending Democracy’s Frontline Defenders” event at thte Embassy of Canada in Berlin. We…
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Kremlin Information Warfare Lands in a Canadian Municipal Park
byOn May 11, 2025, a City of Toronto municipal park and community centre once again served as the venue for a Russian Victory Day…
The Trump Doctrine and the Dawn of a New Authoritarian Order
byThe Trump administration’s ongoing flirtation with the world’s authoritarians has now solidified into what can fairly be described as a Trump Doctrine. The release…
The War On Satire: America’s Kukly Moment
byIn the late 1990s, a now-legendary Russian political satire program called Kukly (“puppets” in English) used a cast of caricatures to lampoon Russian parliamentarians…
From Hygge to High Alert: Norway’s Turn to Hard Security
byFew countries project a gentler international image than Norway, with its fjord tourism, free-range parenting and electric-vehicle leadership. Behind its pastoral reputation, however, Oslo…
Ukraine’s Victory Against Russia Will Save Us From WWIII
byBoth outgoing President Biden and the newly inaugurated President Trump have been consistent in their statements: the USA does not want World War III….
Finland’s Karelia: Living Geopolitics on an Edge
byLittle known to those outside of Finland, Finnish Karelia is a land of lakes and deep forests and the home of a culture that…
Russia’s War against Ukraine and Its Hybrid War Against Estonia
byBefore 24 February 2022, it was a common view amongst Russia experts in the West that Putin’s autocratic regime was some kind of curiously…
Sweden Considering Sending 16-18 Gripen Fighter Jets to Ukraine
byThe Swedish government has decided to commission the Swedish Armed Forces to investigate the conditions for sending Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine. The government…
Edward Lucas: Putin’s Belligerence Is Rooted in Russia’s Imperial Past
byAfter giving a keynote speech at the “Necropolis of Communist Terror” international conference, held jointly by the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory and Memorial…